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steven brill joins me now. >> hi, judy. how are you. >> woodruff: i'm well. let me just begin by, you paint a devastating picture of the american health care system, and you talk, of course, about a system that is based on private enter prize. the private marketplace in america. i guess my question is... >> exactly. woodruff: ... why isn't the private marketplace working? >> because the private marketplace in other aspect of our lives implies that there's some kind of balance between the seller and the buyer. and in medicine, in health care, there is no balance. if you go into a shoe store and you see a pair of shoes and you say, well, maybe they're, you know, $200, i think i'll buy them. the guy behind the counter at the shoe store tells you that the shoes are $6,000, you can turn around and walk out. in fact, you can walk out and go up the block and go to a different shoe store. you don't have to buy the shoes. in health care not only do you have to buy it because you don't have any choice but you don't know what the price is before you buy it. when you rea
steven brill joins me now. >> hi, judy. how are you. >> woodruff: i'm well. let me just begin by, you paint a devastating picture of the american health care system, and you talk, of course, about a system that is based on private enter prize. the private marketplace in america. i guess my question is... >> exactly. woodruff: ... why isn't the private marketplace working? >> because the private marketplace in other aspect of our lives implies that there's some kind of...
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stevens today. she argued that you can't prohibit speech just because you find it offensive. she said these videosç were not like child pornography where in child pornography, the actual video and image isen twined with the criminal act. if you eliminated all videos of dog fighting, she said, dog fighting won't end. she was questioned really vigorously by justice alito who said, well, what if there are people who want to see live human sacrifices on the human sacrifice channel? could congress prohibit that? and again she repeated that you can't prohibit speech just because you find it offensive. there has to beç causation here. the video has to cause the harm. he came back again and said, well, what about ethnic cleansing on the ethnic cleansing channel? and again she said you can't just prohibit speechç because it's offensive. and justice scalia interjected at this point, i think on her side, saying well, if you let this one in, what's going to be the next basin stingt? the government doesn't have a role in deciding what are our worst instincts. >> woodruff: i know you
stevens today. she argued that you can't prohibit speech just because you find it offensive. she said these videosç were not like child pornography where in child pornography, the actual video and image isen twined with the criminal act. if you eliminated all videos of dog fighting, she said, dog fighting won't end. she was questioned really vigorously by justice alito who said, well, what if there are people who want to see live human sacrifices on the human sacrifice channel? could congress...
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so things could get very bloody for a while. >> woodruff: steven haydemann what about that. the units around the president. >> i think we have to be aware that if the regime feels it's been backed into a corner, if some of its supporters who believe they were in an existential havingal for survival look at current trends and feel they really have no choice but to mount increasingly offensive actions against the uprising in an effort to either shift momentum or simply to save themselves that this could be the start of a wave of aggression, a wave of attack on the part of the regime in which it's seeking to reassert its authority. we assert its ability to counteract this opposition, and so i tend to agree that we could see some quite extraordinary violence in the days ahead. >> woodruff: you're nodding your head. >> i agree with that. again i think the regime has taken a look around the region and there's not going to be a soft landing for the inner circle and the gloves are going to come off. we're seeing reports of chemical weapons being moved. so things could get very viole
so things could get very bloody for a while. >> woodruff: steven haydemann what about that. the units around the president. >> i think we have to be aware that if the regime feels it's been backed into a corner, if some of its supporters who believe they were in an existential havingal for survival look at current trends and feel they really have no choice but to mount increasingly offensive actions against the uprising in an effort to either shift momentum or simply to save...
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: >> justice stevens said basically that the court was elevating its own agenda over what the litigants in this case originally sought. also, over the history of congressional regulation of corporations and elections. he-- he also said that he believed that corporations were not human beings, and that this was a distinction that was significant in the context of elections, that corporations, their interests have fundamental conflicts with the interests of the electorate. >> brown: the ruling intactz a number of state laws as well. >> it does. i believe roughly half the states have similar bans on corporate spending, and they're likely to be invalidated now because this was a ruling under the first amendment, and it will apply to the states. >> brown: given that this is an undoing of a decision as recently as 2003, you said. >> yes glownt makeup of the court, right, the change of the makeup must have played some role. >> i think it definitely did. with justice o'connor's departure from the court and the addition of chief justice roberts and justice alito, the court's campaign finance rul
: >> justice stevens said basically that the court was elevating its own agenda over what the litigants in this case originally sought. also, over the history of congressional regulation of corporations and elections. he-- he also said that he believed that corporations were not human beings, and that this was a distinction that was significant in the context of elections, that corporations, their interests have fundamental conflicts with the interests of the electorate. >> brown:...
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justice stevens came to believe it was unconstitutional. and also in criminal sentencing. those are areas, and campaign finance where it could make a difference. >> ifill: okay. and we will be taking it all one by one, judge abner mikva, marcia coyle, of course, john manning and marcia greenberger, thank you all very much for that first half. >> brown: still to come on the newshour: one man's tale of survival aboard the deepwater horizon oil rig... the i.m.f. and european union's trillion-dollar bailout fund... and the life and times of lena horne. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: markets around the world rebounded today, and u.s. markets followed suit, after a weekend deal to avert a european debt crisis. european leaders and banks announced an array of emergency lending measures totaling nearly $1 trillion. that sent the dow jones industrial average up more than 404 points to close at 10785. the nasdaq rose 109 points to close at 2374. a series of attacks across iraq made today the deadliest day of the year so
justice stevens came to believe it was unconstitutional. and also in criminal sentencing. those are areas, and campaign finance where it could make a difference. >> ifill: okay. and we will be taking it all one by one, judge abner mikva, marcia coyle, of course, john manning and marcia greenberger, thank you all very much for that first half. >> brown: still to come on the newshour: one man's tale of survival aboard the deepwater horizon oil rig... the i.m.f. and european union's...
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how did that work with justice stevens. >> well, justice stevens had a particularly close relationship with justice kennedy who is so often the swing vote on the court. and for example in the environmental case he was able to get justice kennedy a strong supporter of states rights to say that massachusetts had a right to compel the federal government to regulate greenhouse gases. so i think he had a way of figuring out what each justice cared about in bringing them to his team. but i think in terms of his legacy we should remember he made a great contribution to freedom of speech, often siding with the freedom of speech whether it was of jehovah's witnesses to profilatize door-to-door or using the internet. he may have been the oldest just at this but was the first to say the intermet made everyone with a personal computer effectively a town crier who could communicate to all the world. he wasn't always for freedom of speech rights. he didn't believe that flag burners had a right to burn the flag in protest. and that reflected the fact that he was the only person on the court with mili
how did that work with justice stevens. >> well, justice stevens had a particularly close relationship with justice kennedy who is so often the swing vote on the court. and for example in the environmental case he was able to get justice kennedy a strong supporter of states rights to say that massachusetts had a right to compel the federal government to regulate greenhouse gases. so i think he had a way of figuring out what each justice cared about in bringing them to his team. but i...
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a growing number of conservatives are blaming stevens for advocating a campaign of caution, politico reported. one that puts all the em fa not on how good knee could be but how bad obama is. romney campaign officials, however, insist they are on course. the candidates' travel schedules this week tell the story as the campaign enters its final 50 days. president obama heads to florida and virginia, and romney heads once again to florida. we're joined by susan page and dan balz, chief correspondent for the "washington post." susan, we have been all consuming this daily diet of polls especially from the battle ground states. presumably the romney campaign and the obama campaign have been doing the same thing. do they interpret those numbers the same way we have been? >> well, i think that both campaigns see a small bump for president obama coming out of the conventions, although it's going a little narrower. in these three most critical battle ground states -- ohio, florida and virginia -- you do see obama having a slight advantage, a slightly bigger advantage than he had before. i thin
a growing number of conservatives are blaming stevens for advocating a campaign of caution, politico reported. one that puts all the em fa not on how good knee could be but how bad obama is. romney campaign officials, however, insist they are on course. the candidates' travel schedules this week tell the story as the campaign enters its final 50 days. president obama heads to florida and virginia, and romney heads once again to florida. we're joined by susan page and dan balz, chief...
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in washington, energy secretary steven chu said it's too soon to say if the u.s. needs to make changes. >> let's first learn about this. are there going to be lessons learned? i'm sure there will be. then we look back at our reactive fleet and we up our game. every night we do this, we march on to ever-increasing safety. that's what we have been doing in the industrial world for hundreds of years. >> holman: chu has been an advocate of nuclear power in the u.s. he said he believes americans can have full confidence in this country's safety procedures. the nuclear crisis in japan sent the tokyo stock market plunging by nearly 11%, and the losses rippled all the way to wall street. the dow jones industrial average fell nearly 300 points before coming back some. it ended with a loss of more than 137 points to close at 11,855. the nasdaq fell 33 points to close at 2667. the price of oil also fell sharply to $97 a barrel over fears about japan's economy. libyan forces loyal to moammar qaddafi recaptured two more strategic towns today. they seized control of brega, and
in washington, energy secretary steven chu said it's too soon to say if the u.s. needs to make changes. >> let's first learn about this. are there going to be lessons learned? i'm sure there will be. then we look back at our reactive fleet and we up our game. every night we do this, we march on to ever-increasing safety. that's what we have been doing in the industrial world for hundreds of years. >> holman: chu has been an advocate of nuclear power in the u.s. he said he believes...
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got back their midterm example and i think they're already planning. >> ifill: michael hef heffan and steven gonzalez. thank you very much. >> lehrer: still to come on the "newshour": u.s./pakistani relations; the oil in the gulf and a man on a mission. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: a bus packed with passengers t a roadside bomb in southern afghanistan today, killing 25 people. 20 others were wounded. the bus was blown up as it drove through nimroz province on a main highway to kabul. meanwhile, nato reported a u.s. service member was killed yesterday in the south. 59 americans have died this month. a record 60 were killed in june. the budget crunch in california is going to hit state workers again. california governor arnold schwarzenegger today ordered a new round of furloughs starting august first. he said state employees will have to take three unpaid days off every month, until the legislature adopts a budget. last year, they piled up 46 days in furloughs-- in effect, a 14% pay cut. the justice department is investigating
got back their midterm example and i think they're already planning. >> ifill: michael hef heffan and steven gonzalez. thank you very much. >> lehrer: still to come on the "newshour": u.s./pakistani relations; the oil in the gulf and a man on a mission. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: a bus packed with passengers t a roadside bomb in southern afghanistan today, killing 25 people. 20 others were wounded....
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as steven was saying, the demand has been that mr. mubarak leave, an end to this regime. this is a president who in 1981 said that he would only be a one-term president. this is a president who has repeatedly said that the the emergency law would be rescinded time and time again. this is a law that has been in place for over 30 years. and this is a president who has promised on multiple occasions to have free and fair elections. and the only thing that are certain, unfortunately, about egyptian elections is that they are not free and fair. >> woodruff: but steven cook, the military and the police were in the streets. security forces, the military are in the streets. we were seeing on the wires that the tanks have moved into the central square in cairo, what further can the protestors do? >> well, they can continue to protest. as we heard in the reports, some protestors are continuing to oppose the army and others are welcoming them as a shield between them and the reviled police. now mubarak is really doubling down by sending the army out. the army is a professional organ
as steven was saying, the demand has been that mr. mubarak leave, an end to this regime. this is a president who in 1981 said that he would only be a one-term president. this is a president who has repeatedly said that the the emergency law would be rescinded time and time again. this is a law that has been in place for over 30 years. and this is a president who has promised on multiple occasions to have free and fair elections. and the only thing that are certain, unfortunately, about egyptian...
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. >> holman: if confirmed, kagan will succeed justice john paul stevens, who retired earlier this year. a commission in new york city cleared the way for an islamic center and mosque today, a move that drew national attention. the complex would be two blocks from ground zero, site of the 9/11 terror attacks. opponents jeered the vote and said it insults the memory of those killed by muslim extremists. >> it's a horrible betrayal of our 3,000 victims and our wonderful policemen and firemen who gave their lives willingly. they should be all about our heroes , our victims and our heroes not about lifting up and glorifying islam. >> holman: the anti-defamation league, a leading jewish rights group, also has opposed the plan. and several top republicans, including sarah palin and newt gingrich, have sharply criticized it as well. but new york mayor michael bloomberg said the city should not "cave to popular sentiment." >> let us not forget that muslims are among those murdered on 9/11 and our muslim neighbors grieved with us as new yorkers and as americans. we would betray our values and pl
. >> holman: if confirmed, kagan will succeed justice john paul stevens, who retired earlier this year. a commission in new york city cleared the way for an islamic center and mosque today, a move that drew national attention. the complex would be two blocks from ground zero, site of the 9/11 terror attacks. opponents jeered the vote and said it insults the memory of those killed by muslim extremists. >> it's a horrible betrayal of our 3,000 victims and our wonderful policemen and...
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for more, we're joined by steven mufson. he's covering the story for the "washington post." steven, thank you for being with us. >> glad to be here. >> woodruff: first of all, how thur oi was this b.p. investigation? is it known? >> well, it it's about 243-page report, and it's pretty thorough. of course, there are a lot of things they don't have access to. they didn't have access to the blowout preventer, to a lot of the employees at other companies so it's not a complete look, but it's more than we've seen so far. >> woodruff: all in all, how much responsibility do they accept for what happened? >> they accept some responsibility for some decision-- their role in some of the decisions made on the well, but there's a lot of blame that they're spreading to the contractors who are working for them, contractors like haliburton who did the cement job, to transocean, who was operating the rig and the blowout preventer. >> woodruff: can you pin point what they themselves accept responsibility for? >> i think the closest we get to that is some decisions about whether they should h
for more, we're joined by steven mufson. he's covering the story for the "washington post." steven, thank you for being with us. >> glad to be here. >> woodruff: first of all, how thur oi was this b.p. investigation? is it known? >> well, it it's about 243-page report, and it's pretty thorough. of course, there are a lot of things they don't have access to. they didn't have access to the blowout preventer, to a lot of the employees at other companies so it's not a...
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and steven cook, a senior fellow for middle eastern studies at the council on foreign relations. welcome to you both. tarek masoud, beginning with you, as we just heard voices from cairo say, a lot of egyptians thought this would never happen. how big a moment is this for egypt and in what way? >> oh, this is a really huge moment i think for egypt and i think for the arab world more broadly. i mean, if we think about it, this is the third time, only the third time that an arab dictator has actually been called to account for crimes he's committed in office. the first time was saddam hussein's trial in 2005 and '06, which was seen as illegitimate by people because it took place in the context of occupation. the second trial just began, the trial of the tunisian dictator, but he is actually in saudi arabia, so that's a trial in absentia. so only really in egypt do we have the dictator in court, facing his accusers and being held to account for crimes he committed in office by not a military court or some kind of kangaroo court, but by legitimate civilian court. so i think this is p
and steven cook, a senior fellow for middle eastern studies at the council on foreign relations. welcome to you both. tarek masoud, beginning with you, as we just heard voices from cairo say, a lot of egyptians thought this would never happen. how big a moment is this for egypt and in what way? >> oh, this is a really huge moment i think for egypt and i think for the arab world more broadly. i mean, if we think about it, this is the third time, only the third time that an arab dictator...
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stevens had been trying to evacuate staffers from the u.s. consulate when gunmen with automatic weapons and rocket- propelled grenades stormed the lightly guarded compound and set it on fire. the identity of the attackers and their motivations remained murky. but in washington, white house officials said militants tied to al qaeda may have used protests against an anti-islam film as a diversion. this morning, president obama, with secretary of state clinton at his side, praised the slain ambassador. >> it's especially tragic that chris stevens died in benghazi because it is a city that he helped to save. at the height of the libyan revolution, chris led our diplomatic post in benghazi. with characteristic skill, courage and resolve, he built partnerships with libyan revolutionaries and helped them as they planned to build a new libya. >> warner: flags over the white house, the capitol and the state department were lowered to half staff, and tributes to stevens poured in. a middle east veteran fluent in arabic and french, stevens had been on t
stevens had been trying to evacuate staffers from the u.s. consulate when gunmen with automatic weapons and rocket- propelled grenades stormed the lightly guarded compound and set it on fire. the identity of the attackers and their motivations remained murky. but in washington, white house officials said militants tied to al qaeda may have used protests against an anti-islam film as a diversion. this morning, president obama, with secretary of state clinton at his side, praised the slain...
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to get the overview, steven, let me start with you. whether you're doing it by counting noses or taking a look at the battles won and lost, how would we assess the health of organized labor on this labor day, 2011? >> i think it's a difficult time for organized labor. it's out there. it's fighting. but it's also in many ways on the defensive. take the verizon strike, ray. verizon is a very profitable company yet it's asking its unions for, you know, major concessions. it wants to, you know, make them start paying a lot more towards health coverage. it wants to freeze their pensions. it wants to reduce job security. guarantees. i think many companies how a days with the economy so weak with unemployment so high feel it's a time that they can, you know, west concessions out of unions. the labor movement is trying very hard to stop that. in detroit now with, you know, general motors, chrysler ford rebounding very nicely after the major concessions the unions gave a few years ago they're trying to go on the offensive and saying you compani
to get the overview, steven, let me start with you. whether you're doing it by counting noses or taking a look at the battles won and lost, how would we assess the health of organized labor on this labor day, 2011? >> i think it's a difficult time for organized labor. it's out there. it's fighting. but it's also in many ways on the defensive. take the verizon strike, ray. verizon is a very profitable company yet it's asking its unions for, you know, major concessions. it wants to, you...
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george stevens the writer director and producer joins me now. welcome to you. >> hello. >> brown: these are very focused on craft, rather than what we usually think of stars celebrity. so give us some background on these conversations. >> well, they started when we started the conservatory at the american film institute in 1969. and the first night harold loy, the great sil ebb film comedian came to talk to the fellows, there were just 17 of them at that time, he brought his friend king vidor, a great director, and in that audience were david lynch and terrence malek and paul slader, and -- >> brown: young folks at the time? >> yes, who now have careers of their own. and the idea was for the great film makers to come there and provide the knowledge. because there was no other source of it. it was picasso who said that when critics get together they talk about aesthetics. he said when artists get together, they talk about terp en tyne. >> brown: the real nitty gritty of how you make things. >> how you do it. >> brown: there's also the constant mi
george stevens the writer director and producer joins me now. welcome to you. >> hello. >> brown: these are very focused on craft, rather than what we usually think of stars celebrity. so give us some background on these conversations. >> well, they started when we started the conservatory at the american film institute in 1969. and the first night harold loy, the great sil ebb film comedian came to talk to the fellows, there were just 17 of them at that time, he brought his...
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do you share steven clemons' pessimism that you government can do this? >> well, there's one thing-- of course i agree with him that protection of human rights and also a government that's accountable and transparent and also inclusive, that is the key to stability in afghanistan. no matter-- no amount of foreign troops or foreign money is going to stanleyize the country unless there is a government that the people can trust. this is-- however in the past 10 years, i think the afghan society has changed. i think there is a lot of support for the respect of human rights and also women's rights. i don't think the country will go back to the day the taliban were actually violating all kinds of rights of men and women. i am optimistic, as far as the people are concerned, i think the afghans will make choices. they are not going to go back to that era. however, it depends on the security situation, and capacity of the government that can protect the population and provide security and the rule of law. and that can be possible only if the government can control
do you share steven clemons' pessimism that you government can do this? >> well, there's one thing-- of course i agree with him that protection of human rights and also a government that's accountable and transparent and also inclusive, that is the key to stability in afghanistan. no matter-- no amount of foreign troops or foreign money is going to stanleyize the country unless there is a government that the people can trust. this is-- however in the past 10 years, i think the afghan...
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justice stevens wrote separately as did justice breyer. first they disagreed with justice alito's historical analysis of a right of self-defense. they said that the second amendment, the framers were really first concerned with disarming the militia and self-defense was a secondary concern. justice breyer said that he didn't feel that you can say this was a fundamental right deeply embedded in american history and tradition because there is a lot of disagreement. there is no consensus about gun rights in this country. he felt that state legislatures, not courts, were the proper place to work through these issues. >> brown: so this gets sent back to the lower court, right? >> yes, it does. the court did not really rule specifically on the constitutionality of the chicago and oak wood park gun ordinances. it dealt with whether the second amendment could apply to the states. now it goes back to those lower courts where it seems almost inevitable that those gun ordinances will be struck down. >> brown: finally, marcia, in our first go-round wi
justice stevens wrote separately as did justice breyer. first they disagreed with justice alito's historical analysis of a right of self-defense. they said that the second amendment, the framers were really first concerned with disarming the militia and self-defense was a secondary concern. justice breyer said that he didn't feel that you can say this was a fundamental right deeply embedded in american history and tradition because there is a lot of disagreement. there is no consensus about gun...
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steven, i'll start with you. today's filing finally offers a kind of window inside facebook's business. i know it just came out. you've got just a quick look but what jumps out at you right away? >> well, a couple of things. the revenues were pretty much in line with what people were thinking. they had somewhere south of $400 million of annual revenues and a profit of $1 billion, which is pretty nice. one thing is that all the money they have is in advertising, except for about 15%, and almost all of that is they have a payment system which is dependent on one company, the gaigame company, zinga. that was interesting. and the other thing that struck me was the very strikey letter from mark zuckerberg to potential investors where he talked about how the company's mission is more important than making money to him. the money enabled him of fulfill the mission of putting the world in contact with each other and doing it the hacker way, as he describes it. it was pretty interesting. >> brown: first, nate elliott, fil
steven, i'll start with you. today's filing finally offers a kind of window inside facebook's business. i know it just came out. you've got just a quick look but what jumps out at you right away? >> well, a couple of things. the revenues were pretty much in line with what people were thinking. they had somewhere south of $400 million of annual revenues and a profit of $1 billion, which is pretty nice. one thing is that all the money they have is in advertising, except for about 15%, and...
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paul krugman, steven moore. thank you very much. >> thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> ifill: still to come on the newshour, the legal case for and against wikileaks; how ireland went from boom to bust; ray suarez on changes in cuba; and education secretary duncan on the state of our schools. but first, with the other news of the day, here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: elizabeth edwards died today after a long battle with cancer. her family said she passed away at her home in chapel hill, north carolina. edwards was an attorney and author and was married to former democratic presidential candidate john edwards. they separated this year after he admitted having an affair. in recent years, elizabeth edwards also campaigned for health care reform. she was 61 years old. the u.s. has given up trying to get israel to stop building jewish settlements in the west bank. that word came today from an unnamed senior american diplomat in jerusalem. he said the obama administration concluded "this is not the
paul krugman, steven moore. thank you very much. >> thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> ifill: still to come on the newshour, the legal case for and against wikileaks; how ireland went from boom to bust; ray suarez on changes in cuba; and education secretary duncan on the state of our schools. but first, with the other news of the day, here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: elizabeth edwards died today after a long battle with cancer. her family said she...
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." >> brown: then, we examine today's grilling of energy secretary steven chu over federal backing of a now- bankrupt solar-panel company and we assess the government's role in helping private startups. >> woodruff: from japan, miles o'brien reports on scientists looking for ways to lessen the damage done by tsunamis. >> taro araka is working on a system, holosteeled pylons on the sea floor that telescope when the air is pumped in. >> brown: we update the occupy...
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we know this is a different circumstances than when justice stevens was confirmed, and even different from when justice sonia sotomayor was confirmed. how is that? >> it is really about the politics. the issue here is the politics. here you have a republican party which thinks it has a good shot at making very substantial gains in november, possibly even flipping one or both chambers. you've got an administration that certainly doesn't want that to happen. now given the republicans past statements that they're not going to endorse filibusters, or that they oppose filibusters of supreme court nominees -- these are statements during the bush administration -- i don't think the republicans are going to filibuster. i think it is pretty clear that the president is goçnpthat he needs to get to get the person confirmed. the real question is: century what cost in november. to what extent will the republicans portray this as emblematic as the liberal democrats being out of touch with the culture on same-sex marriage, such as under god and the pledge of allegiance. i don't think they are thing
we know this is a different circumstances than when justice stevens was confirmed, and even different from when justice sonia sotomayor was confirmed. how is that? >> it is really about the politics. the issue here is the politics. here you have a republican party which thinks it has a good shot at making very substantial gains in november, possibly even flipping one or both chambers. you've got an administration that certainly doesn't want that to happen. now given the republicans past...
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steven dennis, let's talk about paul ryan's budget wonk. how successful was he at that? >> he was very successful. you know, he was the guy when the republicans were down and out after losing the majority in 2006, who helped them pick up the pieces, come up with a new plan to get behind and rally around. when they took back the majority and he had his plan, a lot of folks in his own party and in his own caucus, his own conference who were afraid of his plan, afraid of the medicare proposal, afraid of the deep cuts. and he got... he managed to get them to get behind his plan and rally around it. instead of having a budget passed by just one or two votes the way it normally is done politically because it's too dangerous to vote for real change and real pain, he got his folks to overwhelmingly pass it. they got behind it and rallied around it. it's really become something that, if you're a republican and you don't support the paul ryan plan, you have a potential primary challenge. you have trouble from your base. he is a rock star in the republican base. >> ifill: is it the
steven dennis, let's talk about paul ryan's budget wonk. how successful was he at that? >> he was very successful. you know, he was the guy when the republicans were down and out after losing the majority in 2006, who helped them pick up the pieces, come up with a new plan to get behind and rally around. when they took back the majority and he had his plan, a lot of folks in his own party and in his own caucus, his own conference who were afraid of his plan, afraid of the medicare...
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): i want to offer my thanks to ambassador stevens. i want to thank him and to thank the american people who gave birth to such special diplomats. >> brown: the bodies of the four slain americans were repatriated today outside washington at joint base andrews. >> let light perpetual shine on chris, sean, glen and tyrone. >> brown: ambassador stevens and state department officer sean smith were brought home with two former navy seals who'd been detailed to protect stevens, tyrone woods and glen doherty. president obama paid tribute to them, joined by secretary of state clinton. >> they didn't simply embrace the american ideal, they lived it, they embodied it. the courage, the hope and, yes, the idealism-- that fundamental american belief that we can leave this world a little better than before. that's who they were and that's who we are. if we want to truly honor their memory, that's who we must always be. >> brown: the president again pledged that the killers would be brought to justice, and that the diplomatic work for which the four
): i want to offer my thanks to ambassador stevens. i want to thank him and to thank the american people who gave birth to such special diplomats. >> brown: the bodies of the four slain americans were repatriated today outside washington at joint base andrews. >> let light perpetual shine on chris, sean, glen and tyrone. >> brown: ambassador stevens and state department officer sean smith were brought home with two former navy seals who'd been detailed to protect stevens,...
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>> lehrer: then former secretary of state madeleine albright, and former national security adviser steven hadley, says the effort to jump start the middle east process. >> ifill: betty ann bowser looks at how vast quantitys of imported pharmaceuticals and food are straining the federal drug administration's safety net. >> many of the laws that created the f.d.a. are the same laws that we're operating under today, and at one time, they were fittinging and appropriate, but the worlt has changed a lot. >> lehrer: and fema administrator, craig fugate, updates emergency preparations as hurricane earl approaches the east coast. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i want to be the first to cure cancer. >> people don't really understand why things work. >> i want to be that person that finds out why. >> innovative young minds taking on tomorrow's toughest challenges. chevron. bnsf railway. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasti
>> lehrer: then former secretary of state madeleine albright, and former national security adviser steven hadley, says the effort to jump start the middle east process. >> ifill: betty ann bowser looks at how vast quantitys of imported pharmaceuticals and food are straining the federal drug administration's safety net. >> many of the laws that created the f.d.a. are the same laws that we're operating under today, and at one time, they were fittinging and appropriate, but the...
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we're certainly not born a justice, which is something that justice john paul stevens reminded me during my first year on the bench one day when i was actually disclosing to him how anxiety-ridden i was about being a justice. and he just touched upon a reality for me. he said, "sonia, none of us is born a justice. we grow into becoming one." >> ifill: have you grown into one? >> not yet, but i'm growing. >> ifill: not yet. >> not yet but i'm growing gl >> ifill: one of the things you write about is learned habits for building bridges and building bridge where's others see cassisms. >> that's also part of the lessons i share in the book, if you build bridges and not chasms, if you don't build that sort of pool in front of you, but look at ways of sort of connecting with others rather than seeing your differences, that you accomplish so much more sphwhrief that seems anathema in washington. >> i'm told it is. >> ifill: just told. >> i'm smiling because, remember, i just got to washington three and a half years ago. but i think it's really a life lesson, which is if you approach life lookin
we're certainly not born a justice, which is something that justice john paul stevens reminded me during my first year on the bench one day when i was actually disclosing to him how anxiety-ridden i was about being a justice. and he just touched upon a reality for me. he said, "sonia, none of us is born a justice. we grow into becoming one." >> ifill: have you grown into one? >> not yet, but i'm growing. >> ifill: not yet. >> not yet but i'm growing gl >>...
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it's a fiscal responsibility charge and we're here to solve it. >> woodruff: steven dennis, what light can you showed it now? >> i think if you look at the context of the election, considering the debt limit isn't going to need to be raised until probably probably january, february of next year, this is about focusing the nation's attention on the debt which is something the republicans would rather be talking about and mitt romney, obviously, wants to be talking about. they want the issue focused on debt and deficit-- >> woodruff: rather than this? >> the white house this week wanted to be talking about their new jobs packages. they wanted to be talking about letting people refinance their homes. they want to be talking about small business tax cuts, all these things that are sort of passing out goodies, instead of dealing with a big barrel of pain which is what's headed at the end of the year. we have expiring tax cuts, huge spending cut and the debt ceiling increase. those are three legislative nuclear weapons all about to go off. and everybody is holding one of them hostage. >> woo
it's a fiscal responsibility charge and we're here to solve it. >> woodruff: steven dennis, what light can you showed it now? >> i think if you look at the context of the election, considering the debt limit isn't going to need to be raised until probably probably january, february of next year, this is about focusing the nation's attention on the debt which is something the republicans would rather be talking about and mitt romney, obviously, wants to be talking about. they want...
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even retired justice john paul stevens showed up when the entire office of the solicitor general came in that also upped the electricity. they were visiting senators in the audience, the press section was filled to overflowing even behind the pillars and the regular pews so, yes, it was quite electric. the justices seemed very calm and most of them seemed tired. (laughs) >> brown: well, their work is done for this term. marcia coyle of the national law journal, thanks as always. my pleasure. >> woodruff: and now we have two takes on the court's judgment from senior members of congress. first, we are joined by representative steny hoyer of maryland. he is the democratic whip in the house. i talked to him this evening. congressman steny hoyer, thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you, judy, thank you. >> pelley: what does the supreme court ruling mean for the country? >> i think it means that people can have confidence that they are, in fact, going to have access to affordable quality health care and that we will bring prices down. as c.b.o. has said over the long run, over a tr
even retired justice john paul stevens showed up when the entire office of the solicitor general came in that also upped the electricity. they were visiting senators in the audience, the press section was filled to overflowing even behind the pillars and the regular pews so, yes, it was quite electric. the justices seemed very calm and most of them seemed tired. (laughs) >> brown: well, their work is done for this term. marcia coyle of the national law journal, thanks as always. my...
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. >> sreenivasan: news accounts said energy secretary steven chu and others were concerned about how the well would stand the pressure, when valves on the 75- ton cap are closed to halt the flow of oil and gas. in a worst case scenario, the pressure might break through the well shaft and create new leaks. in new orleans this afternoon, retired coast guard admiral thad allen. >> we will start to increase the pressure in the capping stack, and we will do this in six-hour intervals. and at each six-hour interval we will stop and we will consider a pressure data, we will look at information we are gaining from sonar, acoustic data, remote visual data from remotely operated vehicles. >> sreenivasan: b.p. also temporarily halted drilling two relief wells-- designed to choke off the damaged well-- until it's clear how the new cap is going to affect the situation. meanwhile, marine scientists reported the oil spill is starting to affect the food chain at sea. the crude has killed organisms that endangered sea turtles usually feed on. oil is showing up in the shells of young crabs that fish,
. >> sreenivasan: news accounts said energy secretary steven chu and others were concerned about how the well would stand the pressure, when valves on the 75- ton cap are closed to halt the flow of oil and gas. in a worst case scenario, the pressure might break through the well shaft and create new leaks. in new orleans this afternoon, retired coast guard admiral thad allen. >> we will start to increase the pressure in the capping stack, and we will do this in six-hour intervals....
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that will probably still go to steven spielberg. >> suarez: tony scott of the "new york times," thanks a lot. >> pleasure, ray. >> suarez: do you think you know this year's films, play our oscar quiz online on our home page. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: the c.d.c. reported possible progress against obesity. new research found kids are consuming fewer calories, and fast food makes up a smaller share of adult diets. a new winter storm blasted its way across the nation's midsection, bringing heavy snow, freezing rain and even thunder and lightning. and a car bombing in damascus, syria killed more than 50 people and wounded well over 200 others. online we follow up on last night's "mind of a rampage killer" special. hari sreenivasan tells us more. >> sreenivasan: miles o'brien spoke with liza long, the mom and writer who penned the viral blog "i am adam lanza's mother," about her own son's struggles. you can watch miles's conversation with her son about his rage, in our "after newtown" series. on making sense, paul solman offers steps to find the right financial a
that will probably still go to steven spielberg. >> suarez: tony scott of the "new york times," thanks a lot. >> pleasure, ray. >> suarez: do you think you know this year's films, play our oscar quiz online on our home page. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: the c.d.c. reported possible progress against obesity. new research found kids are consuming fewer calories, and fast food makes up a smaller share of adult diets. a new winter storm...
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. >> woodruff: margaret warner gets an update from steven greenhouse of "the new york times" about a labor dispute that pits the government against boeing, and washington state against south carolina. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: and gwen ifill talks to human rights activist john prendergast and his "unlikely brother," michael mattocks, co-authors of a new book chronicling their unique bond. >> did you think who is this strange white guy taking me out in the street like this? >> in the beginning, yeah, but i really at that time didn't care because we was having so much fun. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> well, the best companies are driven by new ideas. >> our future depends on new ideas. we spend billions on advanced technologies. >> it's all about investing in the future. >> we can find new energy-- more cleaner, safer and smarter. >> collaborating with the best in the field. >> chevron works with the smartest people at leading universities and tech comp
. >> woodruff: margaret warner gets an update from steven greenhouse of "the new york times" about a labor dispute that pits the government against boeing, and washington state against south carolina. >> lehrer: mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. >> woodruff: and gwen ifill talks to human rights activist john prendergast and his "unlikely brother," michael mattocks, co-authors of a new book chronicling their unique bond. >> did you...
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barry stevens is the filmmaker and also narrates the film. a warning: this excerpt contains graphic images. >> -- killed millions of people. we say never again. but that's not true. it happened again and again. then in 1998 a new idea. there will be no more impunity for massacre, genocide, crimes against humanity. the international court will step in when the states do nothing, -- >> but how can a prosecutor in one court in the hague bring justice to a violent world? january 20009. moreno ocampo has been on the job now for five years. and he has finally ready to start his first trial. the global court's jail is holding just four prisoners. all are african. the man about to go on trial was arrested by the democratic republic of congo. a militia leader named thomas lubanga, he's charged with using child soldiers. >> can we start? >>. >> the prosecutor does a last rehearsal with icc lawyers. >> hundreds of children still suffer the consequence of lubanga's crimes. they cannot forget what they suffer, what they saw what they did. >> it-- it reall
barry stevens is the filmmaker and also narrates the film. a warning: this excerpt contains graphic images. >> -- killed millions of people. we say never again. but that's not true. it happened again and again. then in 1998 a new idea. there will be no more impunity for massacre, genocide, crimes against humanity. the international court will step in when the states do nothing, -- >> but how can a prosecutor in one court in the hague bring justice to a violent world? january 20009....
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for more we turn to steven cohen. he's lived in dehli and is the author of many books on india and south asian and arvind subramanian of the peterson institute where he's an expert on indian growth, trade and development. gentlemen, we thank you both for being here. arvind subramanian, let me start with you. india is accustomed to smaller blackouts but this is of a different magnitude. >> this was an entirely different magnitude. 700 million people but in some ways the real tragedy, judy, of this is the fact that had highlights the fact that india's chronically short of power. that's been a problem for 10, 20, 30, 40 years. i'm hoping that this will shed the spotlight on that bigger and more persistent problem. >> woodruff: chronically short of power. is is that what's behind this? >> i think that's true. behind that is the fact that india like china shifting from a state-directed system of economy to one where enterprise operates on its own. both countries are in a state of transition. countries have set up weird cap
for more we turn to steven cohen. he's lived in dehli and is the author of many books on india and south asian and arvind subramanian of the peterson institute where he's an expert on indian growth, trade and development. gentlemen, we thank you both for being here. arvind subramanian, let me start with you. india is accustomed to smaller blackouts but this is of a different magnitude. >> this was an entirely different magnitude. 700 million people but in some ways the real tragedy, judy,...
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so at the end she'll kind of have the same votes at justice stevens but she wroept v the same force in terms of rhetoric . the hope is maybe she can use the same kind of skills of persuasion that she used at harvard law school so maybe she'll take justice stevens out to starbucks to say "could you moderate your opinion, do you have to say that?" and there she might really be influential. she's brilliant and she's charm ing and that's something that other than justice sonia sotomayor we haven't seen with so many of the progressives on the court. >> woodruff: nicholas rosenkranz, is that the way it works? that not just by force of her intellect but the personality, the skills of persuasion could affect her ability to make a difference on this court? >> well, i'm sure that's what president obama is hoping and she is undoubt edly very charismatic and very persuasive . but the other justices have been doing this for quite a while and they're very much their own people. it's hard to imagine she's going to arrive at the court and instantly be changing minds in any sort of dramatic way. she's
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ambassador christopher stevens. he died on september eleventh, when gunmen assaulted the american consulate in benghazi. three other americans also were killed in the attack. the assault came during protests against an anti-islamic film made in the u.s. the u.s. embassy in pakistan put out ads today, condemning that same film. the ads ran on pakistani television and featured clips of president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton condemning the film. still, hundreds of demonstrators tried to reach the embassy in islamabad, by pushing aside huge shipping containers that cordoned off the area. riot police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd. a report on a bungled operation against gun-trafficking in arizona drew praise today from house republicans. they've been investigating "operation fast and furious" for months. at a hearing, the justice department's inspector general michael horowitz listed a string of mistakes by federal law enforcement officials trying to track illegal guns. hundreds of the weapons ende
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and steven cook, senior fellow for middle east studies with the council on foreign relations. both have recently been in egypt. . welcome to both of you. steven cook, if you look generally, what is going on, picking up off that piece, what is going on to motivate the military with these strong- arm tactics? >> i think the peace touch... the piece touches on three things that the military wants out of the transition period. none of which conform to the democratic demands of tahrir square last year. the military wants to hold on to its economic interests. it has a different view of stability and social cohesion in egypt than the kind of cantankerous debate free-for-all that you're seeing in egypt right now. most importantly egyptian armed forces want to retain its role as the source of legitimacy and authority in egypt. in a democracy, the people are the source of authority and legitimacy. so it's clear that what they're trying to do is salvage as much as they can from the previous regime while taking account of some of the demands from tahrir. >> brown: and is there a path or a
and steven cook, senior fellow for middle east studies with the council on foreign relations. both have recently been in egypt. . welcome to both of you. steven cook, if you look generally, what is going on, picking up off that piece, what is going on to motivate the military with these strong- arm tactics? >> i think the peace touch... the piece touches on three things that the military wants out of the transition period. none of which conform to the democratic demands of tahrir square...
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steven -- steven gaudet, the manager of environmental affairs says they're working to change that. >> we recycle nearly 85% of our water over and again. if you were to track one molecule of water through that sthm system you would see eye recycling of that molecule over 18 times in our process. >> reporter: and finally there is what environmentalists say the mining does to the land. >> the wetlands and peatlands that you see flying over this landscape will never be reclaimed. and the industry has really a poor track record of dealing with the toxic tailings, the waste material, that is a byproduct of the process. >> but gaudet disagrees pointing to pride with bison raised on reclaimed acres. syncrude spent 1 million on land reclamation in 2008 and plans to spend the same amount this year. >> here on this site rereclaimed over 4600 hectares of land and of that 4600 we have begun to get those lands certified with the provincial government. and last year we had 100 hectares certified as being fully reclaimed. >> 100 hectares or 257 acres means only .2% of the mined area has been fully re
steven -- steven gaudet, the manager of environmental affairs says they're working to change that. >> we recycle nearly 85% of our water over and again. if you were to track one molecule of water through that sthm system you would see eye recycling of that molecule over 18 times in our process. >> reporter: and finally there is what environmentalists say the mining does to the land. >> the wetlands and peatlands that you see flying over this landscape will never be reclaimed....
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and steven heydemann, a political scientist and senior advisor for middle east initiatives at the united states institute of peace. joshua landis, the white house has all but ruled out military intervention. what does the world community have left after the u.n. vote turning down the resolution? >> well, it's clear that nobody... we're in a you-first situation where everybody is expecting somebody else to intervene militarily. the problem is that syria is a big country. 24 million people. it's divided by religious community. the government is the stronghold against an opposition that's largely sunni. we have shades of iraq and lebanon here. this is a complicated battle. and nobody wants to get their military involved. so what's likely to happen is that increasingly they'll begin to fund and arm the syrian opposition and that this will be fought out over a long period of time on the streets of syria and in places like mommes. >> suarez: steven hiderman, do you agree with that analysis that now the attention shifts to inside the country. >> i think it does. it's important to remember that
and steven heydemann, a political scientist and senior advisor for middle east initiatives at the united states institute of peace. joshua landis, the white house has all but ruled out military intervention. what does the world community have left after the u.n. vote turning down the resolution? >> well, it's clear that nobody... we're in a you-first situation where everybody is expecting somebody else to intervene militarily. the problem is that syria is a big country. 24 million people....
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for more on this, i'm joined by "new york times" reporter steven lee myers. and daniel byman, director of the center for peace and security studies at georgetown university. steven lee myers, let me start with you. two top administration officials say it was terrorism. one makes a direct link to an al qaeda group but how much and what exactly is known at this point about the attack in benghazi? >> well, i think administration is clearly trying to learn more. from the first day they've launched an investigation headed by the f.b.i., of course. then you have an internal review. and they've been very careful not to jump to conclusions, if you will. and that's led them to sort of change-- not change, evolve their story a little bit each day. you learn a little bit more. the question of whether or not it was a terrorist attack. initially it seemed to be more of a mob or riot that was prompted by the video that's been circulating and causing protests across the region. that now seems not to have been the case. it seems to have been a much more organized attack that
for more on this, i'm joined by "new york times" reporter steven lee myers. and daniel byman, director of the center for peace and security studies at georgetown university. steven lee myers, let me start with you. two top administration officials say it was terrorism. one makes a direct link to an al qaeda group but how much and what exactly is known at this point about the attack in benghazi? >> well, i think administration is clearly trying to learn more. from the first day...
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and steven gonzales, a constitutional law professor at the phoenix school of law. kris kobach, we've heard both sides here, as it were, claim victory based on this ruling. kind of the split decision of the supreme court, as it were. what is your thought about that? was this stop-and-check provision that was upheld, was that the heart of the law in your opinion? >> yeah, i think so. it certainly is part of the law that has the greatest scope so when arizona claims victory, i think that's correct. it's a qualified victory for the states. the that has greatest reach. put it this way. that provision will kick in in thousands of law enforcement stops every day throughout the state of arizona. so it has a great reach. the other provisions are less significant. for example, the part criminalizing the illegal seeking of work. that's only going to be relevant if a county launches an investigation of a particular employer and then they discover certain unauthorized aliens who have broken that law. it's much narrower. the big one was the one that was upheld today. i think tha
and steven gonzales, a constitutional law professor at the phoenix school of law. kris kobach, we've heard both sides here, as it were, claim victory based on this ruling. kind of the split decision of the supreme court, as it were. what is your thought about that? was this stop-and-check provision that was upheld, was that the heart of the law in your opinion? >> yeah, i think so. it certainly is part of the law that has the greatest scope so when arizona claims victory, i think that's...
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. >> brown: but judge steven reinhart, a liberal appointed by president carter, questioned that reasoning. >> that sounds like a good argument for prohibiting divorce... (laughing) ... but how does it relate to having two males or two females marry each other and raise children as they can in california. >> brown: wilson told the judges that the very notion of protecting children from gay marriages was discriminatory. >> protect our children from thinking that gay marriage is okay. what is the matter with that? it must be something about gay people that are getting married that would be disturbing to california voters. you have to take that risk away from them. >> brown: judge randy smith who was appointed by president george w. bush, asked how prop 8 protected the idea of marriage if gay couples already had many of the other protections in civil unions in california. >> if in fact the homosexual couples have all of the rights that the heterosexual couples have, we're left with a word: marriage. what is the rational basis for that? >> your honor, you are left with a word but a word that i
. >> brown: but judge steven reinhart, a liberal appointed by president carter, questioned that reasoning. >> that sounds like a good argument for prohibiting divorce... (laughing) ... but how does it relate to having two males or two females marry each other and raise children as they can in california. >> brown: wilson told the judges that the very notion of protecting children from gay marriages was discriminatory. >> protect our children from thinking that gay...
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. >> sreenivasan: the army inspector general steven whitcomb said mart of the problem could be outmoated technology. >> we are still using in arlington an analog method, a card system to verify what's there, what isn't there, when it happened, what changes were made. that was the substantial piece of one of our findings as we need to bring the records keeping at arlington into the 21st century . >> sreenivasan: in addition, lawn mowing over the years sometimes knocked down gravestones adding to the confusion. secretary mchugh said the army will do its best to fix all of the problem. >> i don't know if anyone can ever assure anyone that circumstances are perfect and i think you could say that about any cemetery in america. but what we can tell the family members is we're going to make every effort to ensuring and examine every possibly technology and approach and system by which we can achieve that. >> sreenivasan: mchugh has formally reprimand it had cemetery's superintendent who is retiring. the deputy superintendent has been put on administrative leave in afghanistan, an american was k
. >> sreenivasan: the army inspector general steven whitcomb said mart of the problem could be outmoated technology. >> we are still using in arlington an analog method, a card system to verify what's there, what isn't there, when it happened, what changes were made. that was the substantial piece of one of our findings as we need to bring the records keeping at arlington into the 21st century . >> sreenivasan: in addition, lawn mowing over the years sometimes knocked down...
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s jonathon rugman in toulouse and steven erlanger of the "new york times" in paris. >> brown: then, at the supreme court today: high-impact decisions, plus arguments over a confrontation with then-vice president dick cheney. we talk with marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> warner: for our american graduate series, betty ann bowser reports on a boston school, where early intervention for students with learning disabilities is producing lower drop-out rates. >> if we want kids to graduate from high school, that having a and for kids with significant learning disabilities, providing accommodations for reading a writing are critical. >> brown: ray suarez examines new studies showing a daily dose of aspirin may prevent and even treat cancer. >> warner: and gwen ifill talks with two senate veterans-- new mexico's jeff bingaman and maine's olympia snowe about their decisions to quit. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and by the alfr
s jonathon rugman in toulouse and steven erlanger of the "new york times" in paris. >> brown: then, at the supreme court today: high-impact decisions, plus arguments over a confrontation with then-vice president dick cheney. we talk with marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> warner: for our american graduate series, betty ann bowser reports on a boston school, where early intervention for students with learning disabilities is producing lower drop-out...
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nuclear safety was one of many discussed by secretary of energy steven chu this morning during a house hearing on his department's budget. lawmakers searched for comparisons to the events unfolding across the pacific. >> the japan incidents actually appear to be more serious than three mile island. to what extent, we don't know now. >> reporter: chu said his department had dispatched teams to japan to monitor the crisis and assist the japanese. they also hope to apply lessons- learned here. >> what we want to do is look at what happened in japan and say, and look to whether we would be more vulnerable to a cascade of multiple events and how they might compromise safety. >> reporter: of particular interest to lawmakers, japan uses many reactors similar to those operating in the united states. a new power-generating u.s. reactor has not come online in 15 years and no new ground has been broken for a facility in more than twice that time. in september, president obama said nuclear must be part of an energy and climate strategy. >> if we're concerned about global warming and greenhouse gas
nuclear safety was one of many discussed by secretary of energy steven chu this morning during a house hearing on his department's budget. lawmakers searched for comparisons to the events unfolding across the pacific. >> the japan incidents actually appear to be more serious than three mile island. to what extent, we don't know now. >> reporter: chu said his department had dispatched teams to japan to monitor the crisis and assist the japanese. they also hope to apply lessons-...
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. >> warner: for more, we turn to steven erlanger, paris bureau chief of the "new york times." he's been following the eurozone crisis closely and is in cannes for the g-20 summit. and steve, welcome back. this was an incredibly dramatic day. give us a feel for what it was like, at this summit. i mean how high was the tension level as they waited for the greek drama to play out and what's the mood now? >> well, everyone was paying attention to greece. i mean everyone else didn't seem to matter. it was greece or italy. everyone had their eye on the tv screen, on their i phones or their blackberries. i mean it's like the g-20 didn't happen. you had all these leaders here, and none of them were of any interest even to each other, i think, until they found out what was going on in greece. it was a very dramatic day because for many people it, the fate of the euro and for some people the fate of the european union hung on what the greeks decided. >> tell us more if you can speaking of that about last night's show down meeting with papandreou, sarkozy and merkel what were they demand
. >> warner: for more, we turn to steven erlanger, paris bureau chief of the "new york times." he's been following the eurozone crisis closely and is in cannes for the g-20 summit. and steve, welcome back. this was an incredibly dramatic day. give us a feel for what it was like, at this summit. i mean how high was the tension level as they waited for the greek drama to play out and what's the mood now? >> well, everyone was paying attention to greece. i mean everyone else...
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steven, there were days of tense standoff then an announcement that it was all over. what have you found out since the apparent settlement was going on behind the scenes? >> well, in fact, you had two agreements. the first one fell apart almost immediately after it was announced. the original deal is he would stay... chen would stay inside china. and study at the university. one of seven universities as soon as he left the embassy and went to the hospital he began to speak to his wife and lawyer and other advocates and had second thoughts and that deal then seemed to fall apart when he decided he wanted to be in the united states after all he asked for asylum. that set me motion another two days of intense round-the-clock negotiation to figure out what to do. >> suarez: from your story it sounds like the chinese were putting heat on the americans but really it was chen who was driving events, wasn't it? >> well, both are true. the chinese were not pleased at all about this situation. in fact, one of the things that was extraordinary about the diplomacy is that the chi
steven, there were days of tense standoff then an announcement that it was all over. what have you found out since the apparent settlement was going on behind the scenes? >> well, in fact, you had two agreements. the first one fell apart almost immediately after it was announced. the original deal is he would stay... chen would stay inside china. and study at the university. one of seven universities as soon as he left the embassy and went to the hospital he began to speak to his wife and...
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first let me say i largely agree with everything steven said but again he's are all economic analysts based on possible contingencies. we're going to have two chances to avoid this one on a lame duck session which could go one way if romney is elected and another way if the president is re-elected. >> ifill: what do you mean. where the democrats maintain control of the senate, we'll have a much longer lame duck with a much greater opportunity for more leverage on the president and more opportunity for revenues to be included in a grand bargain. if the republicans take over it's likely we won't have a very robust lame duck session. either way when the congress comes back in january the republicans will likely still control the the house. they will likely not implement these cuts one way or the other. >> ifill: have either of you heard any movement on this? everyone is saying can it possibly happen? but is anything actually going on in briefly are. >> what's interesting is the actual and maybe steven knows this better than i but the top-level negotiations are dormant. they're not going
first let me say i largely agree with everything steven said but again he's are all economic analysts based on possible contingencies. we're going to have two chances to avoid this one on a lame duck session which could go one way if romney is elected and another way if the president is re-elected. >> ifill: what do you mean. where the democrats maintain control of the senate, we'll have a much longer lame duck with a much greater opportunity for more leverage on the president and more...
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and i think that we owe him an enormous debt, steven ambrose said i just want to show you that don't have to be a hawk to be a great patriots. and george mc2k3w06 earn was that he was a great patriot. he devoted his energy to feeding the hungry and trying to stop the united states from two wars we shouldn't have gone into, vietnam and iraq. and i just think he should be remembered for that leadership rather than just the 1972 race. >> the descriptions of the planes he brought back home after they had been shot up were incredible descriptions of things he did. he was an incredibly decent man throughout his senate and even the presidential runs, just incredibly nice. if i could make a cheap political point, he wrote a piece in 1992 for "the wall street journal" after he retired. he bought a b & b, bed & breakfast in con, and he wrote a piece saying if hi been a small businessperson before i was in the senate, i would understand what a pain all these regulations are. and he said i would have been a better senator if i understood what happens when you are try to live under this. so that
and i think that we owe him an enormous debt, steven ambrose said i just want to show you that don't have to be a hawk to be a great patriots. and george mc2k3w06 earn was that he was a great patriot. he devoted his energy to feeding the hungry and trying to stop the united states from two wars we shouldn't have gone into, vietnam and iraq. and i just think he should be remembered for that leadership rather than just the 1972 race. >> the descriptions of the planes he brought back home...
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really i think it didn't make a difference in terms of vote count but what's interesting is that justice stevens joined the majority. he is considered the most liberal member. i think what it show s is that he felt that the court did find a line to narrow the opinion. and also did make the government justify the law under the first amendment 's toughest scrutiny. >> brown: marcia coyle, thanks again. >> my pleasure, jeff. >> ifill: now to the oil spill. a judge in new orleans says he'll decide by wednesday whether to overturn a temporary moratorium on new deep water drilling projects. the ban, imposed in the wake of the deepwater horizon disaster, is being challenged by a company that ferries people and supplies to offshore rigs. but as courts look into the aftermath of the explosion, new questions are being raised about what caused it in the first place. as the spill continues well into its third month, new reports surfaced today suggesting b.p. cut corners on safety and understated the amount of oil flowing into the gulf. in one b.p. document given to congress in early may and made public over
really i think it didn't make a difference in terms of vote count but what's interesting is that justice stevens joined the majority. he is considered the most liberal member. i think what it show s is that he felt that the court did find a line to narrow the opinion. and also did make the government justify the law under the first amendment 's toughest scrutiny. >> brown: marcia coyle, thanks again. >> my pleasure, jeff. >> ifill: now to the oil spill. a judge in new orleans...
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ambassador christopher stevens, who died in the attack. in washington today, state department spokeswoman victoria nuland acknowledged only two private guards are protecting the site. >> we have had some challenges securing the site. we are continuing to talk to the libyan side about that. but this was not-- based on what we've seen-- any kind of breach of classified information. >> sreenivasan: meanwhile, the f.b.i. confirmed a team of agents visited benghazi yesterday, for the first time. until now, the group had stayed away, due to security concerns. a long-standing battle over google's book-scanning project was settled today. authors and publishers filed suit against the company back in 2005, saying it violated their copyrights. google launched the project a year earlier, making digital copies of books from major research libraries. in all, more than 20 million books have been scanned. now, publishers will get to choose which books are included. a lawsuit with authors is still ongoing. facebook now has one billion users. the number-one
ambassador christopher stevens, who died in the attack. in washington today, state department spokeswoman victoria nuland acknowledged only two private guards are protecting the site. >> we have had some challenges securing the site. we are continuing to talk to the libyan side about that. but this was not-- based on what we've seen-- any kind of breach of classified information. >> sreenivasan: meanwhile, the f.b.i. confirmed a team of agents visited benghazi yesterday, for the...